All fours

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All four legs of a quadruped; or the two legs and two arms of a person. To be to be on the same footing; to correspond (with) exactly; to be alike in all the circumstances to be considered. - Macaulay.

Noun

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all fours - card games in which points are won for taking the high or low or jack or game Synonyms: high-low-jack

ALL FOURS. This is a metaphorical expression, to signify that a case agrees in all its circumstances with another case; it goes as it were upon its four legs, as an animal does.

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